Precise, automated control of conditions for high-throughput growth of yeast and bacteria with eVOLVER

Nature Biotechnology

Volumn 36, Issue 7, 2018, Pages 614-623

  Wong, Brandon G ^a   Mancuso, Christopher P ^a   Kiriakov, Szilvia ^a,b   Bashor, Caleb J ^c   Khalil, Ahmad S ^a,d  

^a Boston University   (United States)

^b BOSTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Rice University   (United States)

^d HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AUTOMATION; CELL CULTURE; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; YEAST;

ADAPTIVE SELECTION; AUTOMATED CONTROL; DIFFERENT DENSITIES; GROWTH CONDITIONS; GROWTH SELECTION; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; PHENOTYPIC CHANGES; TEMPERATURE CHANGES;

THROUGHPUT;

ARTICLE; AUTOMATION; BACTERIAL GROWTH; CELL CULTURE; ECOLOGICAL NICHE; FUNGUS GROWTH; GENOME-WIDE ASSOCIATION STUDY; GROWTH REGULATION; LARGE SCALE PRODUCTION; MICROBIOLOGY; MICROFLUIDICS; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYSTEMS BIOLOGY; TEMPERATURE SENSITIVITY; VALIDATION PROCESS; BACTERIUM; CELL CULTURE TECHNIQUE; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HIGH THROUGHPUT SCREENING; PROCEDURES; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE;

BACTERIA; CELL CULTURE TECHNIQUES; HIGH-THROUGHPUT SCREENING ASSAYS; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE;

EID: 85049738534     PISSN: 10870156     EISSN: 15461696     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nbt.4151     Document Type: Article

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